5,000,000COPIESSOLDWORLDWIDE-TRANSLATEDINMORETHAN35LANGUAGESWhatisViolentCommunication?If“violent“meansactinginwaysthatresultinhurtorharm,thenmuchofhowwecommunicate--judgingothers,bullying,havingracialbias,blaming,fingerpointing,discriminating,speakingwithoutlistening,criticizingothersorourselves,name-calling,reactingwhenangry,usingpoliticalrhetoric,beingdefensiveorjudgingwho’s“good/bad“orwhat’s“right/wrong“withpeople--couldindeedbecalled“violentcommunication.“WhatisNonviolentCommunication?NonviolentCommunicationistheintegrationoffourthings:-Consciousness:asetofprinciplesthatsupportlivingalifeofcompassion,collaboration,courage,andauthenticity-Language:understandinghowwordscontributetoconnectionordistance-Communication:knowinghowtoaskforwhatwewant,howtohearothersevenindisagreement,andhowtomovetowardsolutionsthatworkforall-Meansofinfluence:sharing“powerwithothers“ratherthanusing“poweroverothers“NonviolentCommunicationservesourdesiretodothreethings:-Increaseourabilitytolivewithchoice,meaning,andconnection-Connectempathicallywithselfandotherstohavemoresatisfyingrelationships-Sharingofresourcessoeveryoneisabletobenefit
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